increasingly under threat in many parts of the world n. this cas case, but it is connected to so many concerns of the trump administration, and trump s infatuation with the authoritarians and the controversial policy moves and keep in mind that his son-in-law jared kushner has ties to the saudi crown prince, and also tie s of corruption with saudi arabia s ties to saudi arabia and something that he has bragged about in the past. so there are a lot of moving parts here and pieces to the story which is partly why it is continuing to draw attention 12 days after khashoggi s disappearance. and while the washington post is demanding answers, many have pulled out of a high profile conference in saudi arabia, cnn and the new york times and others were set to be media sponsors later at a conference and they will no longer parti participate. there is lots to it, and we will talk about it with fred wyatt who is the editorial page editor
theme there, and that is the relationship that they have had with john kelly, the white house chief of staff. there has been some tension there. he has restrained them. he has tried to keep them away from the president, keep them from making policy moves as they might want to make. we were talking about bill shine a moment ago. what s your sense of how diminish a role john kelly is playing in this administration now? give us a sense as you look at the orbit surrounding president trump where he falls and where the president s daughter and son-in-law fall. yeah. well, david, this weekend is the one-year anniversary for john kelly as the chief of staff in the white house, and his power has been diminished somewhat from those early months of his tenure when he really tightly controlled who came in and out of the oval office, who got access to the president, who had his ear. kelly is much more now in an operational role, but the president is much more empowered than he was in the early mo
media today. he said very negative things against the company a few months ago. tim, dow now down 130, not a ton, but a move in the negative direction. this is a positive for the united states, but companies that use aluminum are significantly bigger. they are responsible for a much larger chunk of the economy. and way more jobs than aluminum producers. this will hurt us. i m thinking about all those hershey kisses out there. well, you should say does the white house realize? because that s always the grand question on all of these policy moves, is do the handlers around trump who are trying to walk him away from the hysteria he propagated on the campaign trail to appeal to his base, which doesn t translate into effective economic policy. donald trump and his team are prescribing the wrong medicine for illnesses that actually don t exist. because trump is trying to
council. i think that s per electrify appropriate, change and continuity are key elements in any conversation and we will try going forward to get the right people there. but i think much of this mischaracterization was addressed back in my confirmation process for un ambassador in 2005 and invite all of those interest today read the report of the senate foreign relations committee. chris: do you think you get a bad rap? i think that s almost inherent in washington today. we have seen even last night in white house correspondent dinner which i was happy not to attend just reprehensible behavior by somebody addressing the gathering and sadly it s par for the course in washington today. chris: i have to say i m glad i didn t attend either. [laughter] chris: ambassador bolton, thank you, thanks for sharing your time with us, please come back, sir. we will do. chris: chris coons on the president s policy moves and senate efforts to protect robert
of the national security council. i think that s per electrify appropriate, change and continuity are key elements in any conversation and we will try going forward to get the right people there. but i think much of this mischaracterization was addressed back in my confirmation process for un ambassador in 2005 and invite all of those interest today read the report of the senate foreign relations committee. chris: do you think you get a bad rap? i think that s almost inherent in washington today. we have seen even last night in white house correspondent dinner which i was happy not to attend just reprehensible behavior by somebody addressing the gathering and sadly it s par for the course in washington today. chris: i have to say i m glad i didn t attend either. [laughter] chris: ambassador bolton, thank you, thanks for sharing your time with us, please come back, sir. we will do. chris: chris coons on the president s policy moves and senate efforts to protect robert